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Burt Bacharach
Born 12 May 1928.
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Trains And Boats And Planes
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Burt F. Bacharach ( /!bæk"ræk/ BAK-"-rak; born May 12, 1928) is an American pianist, composer
and music producer. He is known for his popular hit songs and compositions from the mid-1950s
Desert Island Discs
through the 1980s, with lyrics written by Hal David. Many of their hits were produced specifically
BBC Radio 4
for, and performed by, Dionne Warwick. Following on with the initial success of this collaboration,
Bacharach went on to produce hits with Dusty Springfield, Bobbie Gentry and others.
Jarvis Cocker's Sunday Service
As of 2006[update], Bacharach had written 70 Top 40 hits in the US, and 52 Top 40 hits in the
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BBC Music Artists Madonna
Madonna
Born 16 August 1958.
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Die Another Day
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Beautiful Stranger
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Madonna (born Madonna Louise Ciccone (Italian pronunciation: [t!ik#ko$ne]); August 16, 1958) is
an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to Don't Tell Me
New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups BBC Radio 2 |
Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983. She followed it with a series of The Chris Evans Breakfast Show Thursday - It's Gonna Be
Hot Hot Hot!
albums in which she found immense popularity by pushing the boundaries of lyrical content in
mainstream popular music and imagery in her music videos, which became a fixture on MTV.
Throughout her career, many of her songs have hit number one on the record charts, including
"Like a Virgin", "Papa Don't Preach", "Like a Prayer", "Vogue", "Frozen", "Music", "Hung Up", and Played By
"4 Minutes". Critics have praised Madonna for her diverse musical productions while at the same
time serving as a lightning rod for religious controversy. Since December 2008

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BBC Music Artists Loleatta Holloway
Loleatta Holloway
Born 05 November 1946. Died 21 March 2011.
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Hit and Run
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Loleatta Holloway (November 5, 1946 – March 21, 2011) was an American singer, mainly known
for disco songs such as "Hit and Run" and "Love Sensation", both of which have been sampled
Janice Long
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BBC Music Reviews The First Days of Spring
Noah and the Whale The First Days of Spring Review
Album. Released 31 August 2009.
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Its narrative is arranged to achieve satisfying finality
Mike Diver 2009-08-27
For the first minute of this second album by British four-piece Noah and the Whale,
one can be forgiven for thinking that Sigur Rós have gone oddly alt-country. The 6 Music Album of the Day
intro to the opening title track is, in a word, celestial. 31 August 2009
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Vocalist Charlie Fink’s entrance reassures the listener that this is, indeed, the same
band that enjoyed chart success with the track 5 Years Time roughly 12 months Colour of the Trap
ago. But while his opening lyrics – “It’s the first day of spring, and my life is starting Miles Kane
over again” – are wonderfully optimistic, looking towards the future with eyes wide
Tracks and fingers crossed, the dominant tenor of this long-player is decidedly wistful.
Catch a Fire
1 The First Days of Spring The Wailers
Taking cues from both Will Oldham – the cracked, worn vocal tones – and Bill
Callahan – that wonderfully lovelorn weariness – Fink’s on fine form throughout this
2 Our Window
long-player. And he has to be, as while the music around him swells with affecting
elegance, it’s firmly entrenched in its players’ comfort zones. That’s not to say I Am Very Far
3 I Have Nothing
progress isn’t apparent from the band’s debut, Peaceful, the World Lays Me Down; Okkervil River
but you’d never call these arrangements adventurous.
4 My Broken Heart
Consistency is achieved, though, and as such The First Days of Spring makes for
5 Instrumental I
an enjoyably full listen – the way the title track slips from its strings-filled crescendo
to the following Our Window and its measured, morose piano line is magical, and Links
6 Love of an Orchestra
never are vocals rushed to the fore at the expense of scene-setting

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BBC Music Artists Brian Wilson
Brian Wilson
Born 20 June 1942.
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They Can't Take That Away From Me
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BBC Music Artists Marianne Faithfull
Marianne Faithfull
Born 29 December 1946.
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